Ok, any of you bird owners out there, could you get back to me on this?
Well, we have a 76' Vette with this option and I think it could be a worthwhile thing to do. Anyway, when you turn the lights on, and they come up, you can pull a little **** so that the lights with lock up, and not go down when you turn them off.
I was thinking of putting a switch in the close wire so that you could keep the lights open even though they are off.

You are asking why would I do such a thing?

Well, it can be done to just save wear and tear on the motors, and the lights from banging up and down.

Anyway, if someone could get back to me about how I can go about wiring this in, it would be great. I have some idea, but just want to double check.
All I would need to do is find the wire that sends the negative voltage, which closes the lights, and put a switch in the series, so that it can be opened and the voltage never gets to the lights. Then, you can turn them on and off as you please. To close, you just close the switch.

If that is all correct, will someone let me know?

Thanks.
Tyler

 

i think you would want to run the switch as a parellel. If you make a switch up with its own power, you can tie the out put into the wire leading to the moters just after the original equipment switch. This would allow you to control the moters, and still leave the original switch as an over-ride. (no lights on when the moters are down and all) Its a lot like my sister's 240SX.

Joker

 

I thought about that one day when I was at the Car Wash. I was thinking I wish I could put my lights up without having to turn them on so I could clean them while I do the rest of the car without it draining the battery. Good question!

 

After clicking the link, scroll down to How to save wear and tear on headlight motors Fiero headlights are the same as firebird headlights except that on the fiero the motors are switched from side to side (a firebird driver's side motor is a fiero's passenger side motor).

http://www.michiganfieroclub.org/headlight.htm

 

Thanks Nightcruzer. That is exactly what I was looking for. Hopefully it will work out. The only problem now is finding a switch that looks nice.